Colts have new contract proposal for Manning
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay said Monday he was prepared to make a contract offer to Peyton Manning during the team’s off week, but Manning and his agent wanted to wait until after the season.
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NCAA tackles agents issue, looks to new sanctions
Several groups are working with the NCAA to find new ways to enforce rules prohibiting improper agent-related benefits for student-athletes, including possible post-NCAA financial penalties that reach into a player’s potential NFL career.
Indiana Pacers launch combine to scout for top salespeople
Representatives of at least 17 professional sports franchises will be here looking for talent to add to their business teams.
BENNER: How will NFL’s labor dispute play out? No one knows
With the National Football League season in full swing, it is easy to forget the gathering storm clouds of a labor impasse that threaten the 2011 schedule.
Former agent’s admission shines light on NCAA enforcement
Indianapolis-based college sports body acknowledges that it needs the help of others, including former players, coaches and the National Football League, to reduce improprieties.
Irsay: NFL owners, players ‘have to find a solution’
National Football League owners are looking for ways to reach a new labor deal with players and preparing for what happens if those efforts don’t succeed. A strike or lockout could affect Indianapolis’ plans to host the 2012 Super Bowl.
Reebok’s loss of NFL contract could hurt local plant
Competitor Nike Inc. will become the official apparel maker for the National Football League in 2012. The loss of the contract could mean layoffs at the Reebok plant on Indianapolis’ east side that makes NFL apparel and employs about 1,000.
Colts’ Polian: NFL 18-game season is done deal
During Monday night’s weekly radio show, the Indianapolis Colts team president called expanding the schedule by two games “fait accompli,” and said the debate is over.
Colts may look to sell souvenirs through vending machines
Locally based MainGate is testing the new NFL merchandise sales technique in Minnesota. Indianapolis could be next.
Indy Super Bowl organizers moving ahead with plans
Local organizers expect the 2012 Super Bowl to be played as scheduled, despite growing concerns that an NFL work stoppage could force postponement or cancellation of the game.
Super Bowl crew hustles to prep for 2012 event in Indianapolis
CEO Allison Melangton deliberately hired only Indiana residents to tap a deep talent pool and play up Hoosier hospitality.
Colts vote unanimously to decertify union
The Indianapolis Colts have unanimously voted to decertify the players' union, a key step that could allow them to sue the NFL in case there is a lockout next season.
AFL-CIO takes stand against NFL owners
One of the nation’s largest unions said it sent NFL owners a letter warning that a lockout in one of America’s few thriving industries could cost thousands of Americans their jobs and cities more than $140 million in revenue.
Colts see record crowds at training camp in Anderson
Anderson University officials said 85,300 fans turned out at the 18-day camp, almost four times the number that attended camp
last year in Terre Haute.
Unsettled NFL labor pact complicates Manning contract
Colts owner Jim Irsay wants to make quarterback Peyton Manning the highest-paid player in the NFL when his contract expires next year. But a dispute over compensation in the National Football League is complicating efforts to sign him to a long-term deal.
Indianapolis making contingency plan for Super Bowl
NFL officials and the Indianapolis Super Bowl Host Committee have a contingency plan if a work stoppage postpones the 2012
Super Bowl.
MainGate seals deal with Tennessee Titans
ndianapolis-based MainGate Inc. signed a four-year deal with the Tennessee Titans to handle online and retail merchandising
services for the National Football League franchise.
LEADING QUESTIONS: How Staubach fields his team
NFL Hall of Famer turned exec huddles with IBJ about confidence,
hard work, and placing personnel.
Colts player rep hopeful players, owners reach deal
Indianapolis Colts center Jeff Saturday insists the NFL Players Association and league owners can avoid a lockout.
UPDATE: City’s Super Bowl preparation on track
Indianapolis is making progress on the way to its debut as a Super Bowl city, NFL executive Frank Supovitz said Friday afternoon.